{"id":10367,"date":"2021-03-02T20:05:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T20:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=10367"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:24","slug":"carol-ann-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/03\/02\/carol-ann-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol Ann Wise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carol Ann Robinson (n\u00e9e Wise)<\/h2>\n

First Negro Classic Ballet
\nNew York Negro Ballet<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Photo by Howard Morehead for Jet<\/em> magazine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Born ca. 1940, Carol Ann Robinson was a member of First Negro Classic Ballet<\/a> and the New York Negro Ballet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Robinson\u2019s repertory with First Negro Classic Ballet included Harlot\u2019s House<\/em> and Pagliacci Revisited<\/em>, among others.<\/div>\n
Along with Theodore Duncan<\/a>, <\/span>Ardie (Guy) Allison<\/a>, and <\/span>Graham Johnson<\/a>, Robinson joined New York Negro Ballet when Ward Flemyng and Joseph Rickard decided to merge their troupes in 1956.<\/span><\/div>\n
She also joined Allison, Johnson, Patrica Griffith<\/a>, and fellow company members on a 1957 tour to Europe. When the company lost its funding and disbanded, Robinson went back to California in 1958. That same year, she was photographed by well-known photographer Howard Morehead for <\/span>Jet<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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In addition to dancing, Robinson studied chemistry at City College and played both the viola and violin.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joseph Rickard Papers, The Huntington Library<\/a>
\nDance Moves: An African American Ballet Company in Postwar Los Angeles, Kenneth H. Marcus<\/a>
\nBeach ballet, Arts Meme<\/a>
\nDancing Many Drums: Excavations In African American Dance, Thomas F. Defrantz<\/a>
\nBathing Beauty Carol Ann Wise of Los Angeles (photo), Jet Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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